Baby Chickens
So, today we ordered baby chickens!
All the chickens I ordered are good brown egg layers that will produced 4-5 eggs a week, they drop off production a lot when its super hot or really cold, but these are breeds that can handle much colder winters than we get, so that is a good thing.
They will leave the hatchery as day old chicks and take I think, two days to arrive here via USPS…
So what did we order?
2 Australorps (An Australian breed!)
2 Barred Plymouth Rocks
2 SexLink Red Stars
2 SexLink Black Stars
Yes, 8 in total. That is the minimum for postage as there will be fatalities, the plan is to keep the strongest 3 or 4 and free-to-good-home whats left. (Might give them to Morgan if she wants them)
The sex-links are a hybrid breed good for egg laying, but most importantly when they are born the sexes are different colours (because nobody wants roosters), they are crossed Rhode Island Reds with Plymouth Rocks.
The Stars are very good egg layers and very hardy birds.
We will have pics when they arrive, but I’m not expecting them for a while.
So are you gonna farm some too? How about a cow or a goat? Gotta eat the meat! This is going to be fun to watch!
we are in city lines and its a no-livestock thing, but chickens in a pen are ok…